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Where does “lette” come from?

lette (Italian) comes from Italian leggere, from Latin legere, from Latin legō, from Latin lēx, from Proto-Italic lēg-, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-s, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

lette (Italian): plural of letta; feminine plural past participle...

Definitions

  1. plural of letta; feminine plural past participle...

Ancestry of “lette”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianleggereto read; feminine plural of leggero
2Latinlegeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
3Latinlegō—
4Latinlēx—
5Proto-Italiclēg-—
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-s—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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